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Re: Event 0465 - science centres and interactive learning____________________________________________________________________

Science centres and interactive learning 
British Council Seminar 0465, 12-17 September 2004, Cardiff and London 

The growing number of regional science festivals and science centres are more recent arrivals. Both festivals and centres aim to do more than promote public understanding and simply give information. They aim to engage the public in dialogue: What could - and should - science be doing? What are the implications of scientific developments? This seminar will be led by experts from some of the UK's foremost institutions to set out the 21st century agenda in science education: an agenda not just for public understanding of science but for public engagement with science. All participants are encouraged and expected to present their own perspectives and learn from each other, so that the seminar becomes a forum for sharing expertise and generating useful and applicable ideas to help meet participants' own challenges.

This seminar is timed to follow the BA Festival of Science 2004, in Exeter from 6-10 September, showcasing many facets of UK science and offering an opportunity to debate many aspects of science in society (www.the-ba.net ).

For full details, including programmes and application form, visit:
www.britishcouncil.org/seminars-science-0465
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